I'm glad about the clothes. What's the joke? It varies. Currently that the whole world except him has been fooled into thinking that Nelson Mandela was a nice guy.

Whereas in fact …? Whereas in fact these are "obnoxious, sycophantic lies", according to him. "His legacy is a murderous one," he is quoted as saying in the Daily Telegraph, "comparable, in its racist and economic persecution of a minority, to the Nazis' treatment of the Jews."

So he thinks that Nelson Mandela was similar to Adolf Hitler? Yes. Obviously one campaigned for equality and peace while the other led a global race war, but if you can see past that it's almost spooky.

Crikey, who is he? "One of Britain's most successful political economists," his website says.

Does anybody else? Not that I can find. He's also Rowan Atkinson's big brother.

Oh dear … He's lost elections on behalf of the Referendum party and Ukip. He was pals with Norris McWhirter, who at one time held the Guinness World Record for being the most rightwing man on children's television. And the media are officially allowed to call him "eccentric" after he tried to prosecute the foreign secretary for treason, according to the Press Complaints Commission.

Awkward.Christmas at their place is going to be like: "Ooh, pass the bread sauce, Rodney. It's to your right, if that's possible." "Get it yourself, Rowan, you collaborating pipsqueak." "Enough, you two! As the middle brother, Rupert ,I just want to enjoy a peaceful Christmas lunch in Consett, County Durham, where we grew up!"Probably exactly like that, yes.

Do say: "If you play a recording of the Lisbon treaty backwards, it says: 'Ein Volk … ein Reich … ein Führer …'"